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Lufthansa Group differentiates GDS fees
A few years ago, the Lufthansa Group introduced a surcharge for booking via GDS systems, under great protest from travel agencies. Currently, they charge 19 euros extra per ticket that is over
FRA: Condor flies to Iceland for the first time
The German holiday airline is bringing travelers to Iceland for the first time: Next year, Condor wants to fly to two destinations in Iceland from Frankfurt Airport. From May 2023, Condor will offer a weekly night flight
June 2022: Fraport had its strongest month since the pandemic began
Germany's largest airport, Frankfurt am Main, counted around five million passengers in June 2022. This was the strongest single month since the beginning of the corona pandemic. In direct comparison with May
EU Commission: Lufthansa and Eurowings are said to have paid out 500.000 “compulsory vouchers”.
Shortly after the start of the corona pandemic in Europe, many airlines speculated that the EU Commission would wave voucher solutions through. Therefore, automatic reimbursement options were deactivated and customers were sent to real ones
Eurowings Discover starts mileage upgrades
The holiday airline Eurowings Discover is now enabling participants in the Miles & More frequent flyer program to carry out so-called mileage upgrades. This applies to most routes, with flights in connection with tour operators
Ghost flights: Air Dolomiti often flies empty to Innsbruck
Recently, Lufthansa and its German subsidiaries have been carrying out empty flights particularly frequently. Officially, the company explains that the machines would be positioned at other locations to avoid delays,
Munich reactivates satellite from Terminal 2
As of Monday, fully vaccinated EU citizens in connection with a negative PCR test have been able to re-enter the United States for no particular reason. Lufthansa led under the flight number LH 460
Nathalie Leroy and Jan-Henrik Andersson strengthen FMG management
The new management of Flughafen München GmbH (FMG) will take off on November 1st: The Bavarian Finance Minister and FMG Supervisory Board Chairman Albert Füracker together with airport boss Jost Lammers presented at Munich Airport today
OMV builds a plant for SAF kerosene in Bavaria
At the moment kerosene, which does not come from rotted dinosaurs but from renewable raw materials, is very expensive. This is also due to the fact that there is currently hardly any mass production. That is what the German wants
MUC recorded over five million passengers in the third quarter
The volume of traffic at Munich Airport continues to increase significantly. The third quarter brought the airport its biggest growth since the beginning of the pandemic. A total of over the past three months
Eurowings Discover is launching two more holiday destinations
The Lufthansa leisure airline Eurowings Discover is launching two more routes for the 2022 summer flight schedule that will be served by the Airbus A320. These are offered from Frankfurt am Mian or Munich. To
Autumn vacation: Lufthansa increases hot water targets
In Germany, the autumn holidays are getting closer. According to Lufthansa, there is high demand for hot water destinations. Therefore, around 80 additional flights are being launched from Frankfurt. From Munich has
Pandemic year brings Stuttgart Airport historic minus
A total of 3.213.695 passengers were counted at Stuttgart Airport in the last financial year - a decrease of 74,8 percent compared to the previous year. The number of flight movements fell by 58,7 percent
Baden-Württemberg exempts vaccinated people from quarantine
The German state of Baden-Württemberg is rushing ahead and in future will exempt people who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 from the obligation to test and quarantine. According to a statement by Health Minister Manne Lucha (Greens)
Stuttgart is setting up a test center in Terminal 3
In Terminal 3 of Stuttgart-Echterdingen Airport, chargeable corona tests will be offered from Friday. The new station is located on the gallery level and is operated by Ecolog. Both rapid tests and PCR
Photo gallery: DFB team started with Klasjet in Nuremberg
The German national soccer team started on Monday in Nuremberg in the direction of London with a Boeing 737-500 from Klasjet. The team will face England on Tuesday at Wembley Stadium. For the
From June 25, 2021: Air France Hop is returning to Nuremberg
The French airline Hop is returning to Nuremberg on June 25, 2021 on behalf of Air France. The carrier will connect the Bavarian airport with Embraer regional jets with Paris-Charles de Gaulle.
Lufthansa is moving Nuremberg-Munich to the streets
Lufthansa will no longer take up the ultra-short-haul flight between Nuremberg and Munich, but will shift it to the road. A "Lufthansa Express Bus" is to be set up, a spokeswoman confirmed to Airliners.de. The
Lauda Europe: lawsuits pending determination of a transfer of operations
In Austria, a court will have to deal with whether the change of Laudamotion employees to the successor Lauda Europe Ltd represents a transfer of operations or not. With the support of the Chamber of Labor, a
Düsseldorf: ANA launches Christmas flights for Japanese
The Japanese All Nippon Airways is launching special flights that will enable Japanese citizens to spend the Christmas and New Year seasons in their homeland. In addition, the carrier offers on
Düsseldorf redevelopment plan: shareholders give the green light
The management of Düsseldorf Airport received the green light for the proposed redevelopment concept at an extraordinary shareholders' meeting. This also provides for a reduction in personnel costs by at least 50 million euros.
Münster Higher Administrative Court overturns German “forced quarantine”
A ruling by the Münster Higher Administrative Court could have a nationwide impact: The court overturned the quarantine obligation for returnees from risk areas defined by the Robert Koch Institute and found that people from regions
Graz: Austrian suspends Stuttgart and Düsseldorf
There will be less going on at Graz Airport in the future because KLM is suspending the Amsterdam connection. Now it comes to the fact that Austrian Airlines the non-stop flights to Stuttgart and Dusseldorf in a second "Corona break"
Eurowings starts rapid tests in Düsseldorf
After Austrian Airlines and Lufthansa, Eurowings now also wants to introduce rapid corona tests. These should initially be offered in Düsseldorf from the end of the year. In the first phase, passengers traveling to holiday destinations should
Ryanair announces eleven new routes to Germany
The low-cost airline Ryanair has announced the addition of a total of eleven new routes from German airports. These are to be served in the winter flight schedule 2021/22. The company also announced that they were leaving
Truth undesirable: Green Airlines boss has lawyers' letters sent
In the aviation industry there are always impressive, fascinating, but also curious, incomprehensible or even disturbing events. Aviation casts a spell over many people - both positively and negatively.
Cologne: Eurowings celebrates first flight to Yerevan
The Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings is flying non-stop to the capital of Armenia, Yerevan, for the first time in the company's history. The carrier carried out the first flight from Cologne / Bonn with an Airbus A320 on Friday. On board
Austria does not ban flights from NRW
The Austrian Ministry of Health will continue to land machines that took off in North Rhine-Westphalia. Previously there were rumors that a ban could be pronounced. After the massive corona outbreak in the district
Austria issues travel warning for NRW
After the Tönnies scandal and the associated “lock down” ordered by two German districts, the Austrian Foreign Ministry is now issuing a level 5 travel warning for the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. In
Ryanair took on Vienna-Dortmund
In the previous year, Wizzair carried 108.000 travelers between the two cities. The Irish lowcoster wants to nibble on this cake and is looking for direct competition. On Wednesday took the Irish
Airports: Germany before wearing a mask
Masks have to be worn at one German airport, but not at the other. That should change now. In Germany, a general mask requirement could soon be introduced at airports. So far
May: Clear round for Airbus
The European aircraft manufacturer Airbus was not able to deliver a single aircraft in May 2020, but no cancellations were received either. In May 2020, Airbus delivered a total of 24 A220 and A320 aircraft
Court: Hamburg expansion was legal
For the judge of the Higher Administrative Court, the legal situation is clear: Nobody got into debt with the expansion of Hamburg Airport. At the beginning of last year, the federal government for
Wizzair: New base in Tirana
Wizzair is bringing 15 new routes and three Airbus A320s to the Albanian capital Tirana. There are also new destinations in Germany and Switzerland. The Hungarian low-cost airline opened in the
Volotea announces comeback
From June 16, 2020, the Spanish Volotea will take to the air again. The factory shuttle operated by the carrier on behalf of Airbus is also celebrating its comeback. From June 16
BER maintains single-terminal operation
Berlin-Brandenburg Airport was able to handle more than one million passengers in July and August 2021. Most recently there were around 1,43 million travelers. The busiest day so far was on
United Airlines returns to Berlin
United Airlines plans to fly between New York-Newark and Berlin again from mid-December. Machines of the type Boeing 767-300 are to be used as aircraft. The Star Alliance member intends to take this route
Easyjet maintenance hangar: construction work started at BER
Construction work on a new maintenance hangar for the airline Easyjet has begun at the capital city airport BER. In the coming year, on the building plot in the new maintenance area of BER, south-west of Terminal 1,
General terms and conditions clause: Wizz Air suffers defeat at the Berlin Regional Court
The low-cost airline Wizz Air was defeated by the Berlin Regional Court in the first instance with regard to the controversial “assignment processing fee”. The lowcoster uses these when passengers apply for the enforcement of claims
ECJ: CO2 lawsuit by Air Berlin insolvency administrator before defeat
The insolvency administrator of the formerly second largest airline in Germany, Air Berlin, is conducting proceedings before the European Court of Justice in connection with allocated or non-allocated carbon dioxide certificates. The opinion of the CJEU Advocate General is unfavorable
Auction: parts of two ex-Lufthansa B707 under the hammer
In Germany, individual parts of two Boeing 707s that were previously in the Lufthansa colors are going under the hammer. These are the former D-ABOD and D-ABOC. The auction
